Major Fire Destroys 3 Buildings At Flight 93 Memorial
Site Was Storing 9/11 Flag That Flew Over U.S. Capitol On Sept. 11
CBS Pittsburgh
Kym Gable
October 3, 2014
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – A raging fire destroyed three buildings at the headquarters complex of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County on Friday afternoon, but it’s still unknown if any 9/11 artifacts were lost.
In a press release, National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said the area must first be declared safe before officials will be allowed on scene to check out the collection storage area.
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Showing posts with label memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memorial. Show all posts
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Marines race straight toward a memorial site with 22 wooden crosses
Group of Camp Pendleton Marines race toward wildfire to save crosses
Crosses honor fallen Marines
10 News
Michael Chen
May 23, 2014
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - On this Memorial Day weekend, an inspiring story is emerging of a group of Marines racing toward the flames of a Camp Pendleton wildfire in a desperate bid to save wooden crosses honoring fallen Marines.
One of those 22 crosses memorialized Pfc. Victor Dew, the best friend of Cpl. Marvin Arnold. Dew was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
Last Friday, the memory of Arnold's friend would come rushing back, fanned by the flames of wildfires on Camp Pendleton.
Arnold saw the fire charge up a hill on First Sergeant's Hill -- in the northwest section of the base -- and straight toward a memorial site with 22 wooden crosses, some 10 feet tall.
He knew Dew's mother was visiting the base on Memorial Day weekend to see the cross for the first time.
"I knew that it would be kind of a heartbreak if she wasn't able to see it. There was a sense of urgency," said Arnold.
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Crosses honor fallen Marines
10 News
Michael Chen
May 23, 2014
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - On this Memorial Day weekend, an inspiring story is emerging of a group of Marines racing toward the flames of a Camp Pendleton wildfire in a desperate bid to save wooden crosses honoring fallen Marines.
One of those 22 crosses memorialized Pfc. Victor Dew, the best friend of Cpl. Marvin Arnold. Dew was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
Last Friday, the memory of Arnold's friend would come rushing back, fanned by the flames of wildfires on Camp Pendleton.
Arnold saw the fire charge up a hill on First Sergeant's Hill -- in the northwest section of the base -- and straight toward a memorial site with 22 wooden crosses, some 10 feet tall.
He knew Dew's mother was visiting the base on Memorial Day weekend to see the cross for the first time.
"I knew that it would be kind of a heartbreak if she wasn't able to see it. There was a sense of urgency," said Arnold.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Remembering Our Fallen display for Missouri
Son of fallen Missouri Marine visits display honoring Missouri soldiers (SLIDESHOW)
January 20, 2014 By
Representatives in the Missouri House have been greeted in the first two weeks of the legislative session by a display honoring Missouri soldiers who have died in service to the country since September 11, 2001.
Wesley Settle, son of the late Marine Lance Cpl. Darin Settle, is introduce in the Missouri House of Representatives. (photos courtesy, Tim Bommel-Missouri House Communications)
The Remembering Our Fallen display for Missouri currently has pictures of 147 military men and women. It was in the third floor of the State Capitol Rotunda on either side of the legislator’s entrance to the House.
The son of one of them has been recognized in the House by a state legislator. Wesley Settle was two months old when his father, Marine Lance Cpl. Darin Settle of Henley, was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Iraq in April, 2006.
Settle’s father, Jim Settle of Henley, says the memorial is a comfort.
“It is nice to see that people still remember and that these guys … him and the others … are still being remembered.”
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The Civil War: The Gettysburg Address
The Civil War: The Gettysburg Address
Ken Burns
Learn the Address
Ken Burns
The Gettysburg Address
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
We are met on a great battle-field of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Iraq War Monument dedicated at moving ceremony
Iraq War Monument dedicated at moving ceremony
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
By Chuck Ballaro
November 12, 2013
What started three years ago as a dream became reality Sunday, and hundreds of war veterans, dignitaries and even a famous rock star were on hand to witness the event.
The long-awaited Iraq War Monument was dedicated to all who served, were wounded or killed in battle in a moving, standing-room-only ceremony at the Four Mile Cove Eco Park's Veteran's Memorial area, that was made possible with the help of the community and the relentless efforts of those who worked to bring it, one of the first in the nation, to life.
For Michelle Rosenberger, who founded the committee which spearheaded the effort, it was a great day for her, the city and those who fought for our freedom.
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Cape Coral Daily Breeze
By Chuck Ballaro
November 12, 2013
CHUCK BALLARO
The Lost Riders motorcycle group, which rides for charitable causes, poses beside the Iraq War Monument at its dedication ceremony Sunday at Four Mile Cove Eco Park.
What started three years ago as a dream became reality Sunday, and hundreds of war veterans, dignitaries and even a famous rock star were on hand to witness the event.
The long-awaited Iraq War Monument was dedicated to all who served, were wounded or killed in battle in a moving, standing-room-only ceremony at the Four Mile Cove Eco Park's Veteran's Memorial area, that was made possible with the help of the community and the relentless efforts of those who worked to bring it, one of the first in the nation, to life.
For Michelle Rosenberger, who founded the committee which spearheaded the effort, it was a great day for her, the city and those who fought for our freedom.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Thousands attend tribute for fallen at Beirut Memorial
Ceremony honors tragedy in Beirut with moment of silence
Update: Thousands attend tribute for fallen
Jacksonville Daily News
By Daily News staff
October 23, 2013
Thousands bowed their heads for a moment of silence during a Wednesday morning ceremony which marked the 30th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.
Following a somber candlelight vigil before sunrise at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, Marines and sailors of all generations joined family and friends of the fallen to commemorate the sacrifice that 241 young men made on Oct. 23, 1983 when a truck laden with explosives detonated at the Marine barracks in Lebanon.
The ceremony featured speeches from Jacksonville Mayor Sammy Phillips and Marine Col. Timothy Geraghty, the former commander of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The official address was given by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos and featured former Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Alfred Gray Jr. as the guest speaker.
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UDATE From Stars and Stripes
Top Marine, survivors recall Beirut blast 30 years later
Update: Thousands attend tribute for fallen
Jacksonville Daily News
By Daily News staff
October 23, 2013
Thousands bowed their heads for a moment of silence during a Wednesday morning ceremony which marked the 30th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.
Following a somber candlelight vigil before sunrise at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, Marines and sailors of all generations joined family and friends of the fallen to commemorate the sacrifice that 241 young men made on Oct. 23, 1983 when a truck laden with explosives detonated at the Marine barracks in Lebanon.
The ceremony featured speeches from Jacksonville Mayor Sammy Phillips and Marine Col. Timothy Geraghty, the former commander of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The official address was given by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos and featured former Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Alfred Gray Jr. as the guest speaker.
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UDATE From Stars and Stripes
Top Marine, survivors recall Beirut blast 30 years later
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Marine barracks bombing, 30 years later
Marine barracks bombing, 30 years later
Cape Cod Times
George Brennan
October 20, 2013
CATAUMET — Shirley Douglass-Miller talks about her husband and a wide grin spreads across her face.
His 6-foot-4-inch, 220-pound frame. His warm, compassionate side collecting toys and delivering them at Christmastime through Toys for Tots. And those Saturday mornings "cooking up a storm" with his daughter, Gina, in the kitchen.
He was a fierce competitor — once breaking his leg in a pickup softball game in his mid-40s. "I was safe, wasn't I?" Douglass said to his wife when she questioned whether he could still play with the younger guys.
They are memories held close, like the handsome snapshots of him in dress blues.
Sgt. Maj. Frederick Douglass was gone too soon. One of 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 years ago this week. Hundreds more were injured. Douglass, leader of the 1,200-member battalion, had just turned 47 a month earlier, six months shy of his retirement from the U.S. Marines — a military branch he embraced with the same passion he had for family.
"It was his job, and he loved it," his wife of 27 years said.
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Mass. victims of 1983 bombing remembered
Cape Cod Times
George Brennan
October 20, 2013
CATAUMET — Shirley Douglass-Miller talks about her husband and a wide grin spreads across her face.
His 6-foot-4-inch, 220-pound frame. His warm, compassionate side collecting toys and delivering them at Christmastime through Toys for Tots. And those Saturday mornings "cooking up a storm" with his daughter, Gina, in the kitchen.
He was a fierce competitor — once breaking his leg in a pickup softball game in his mid-40s. "I was safe, wasn't I?" Douglass said to his wife when she questioned whether he could still play with the younger guys.
They are memories held close, like the handsome snapshots of him in dress blues.
Sgt. Maj. Frederick Douglass was gone too soon. One of 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 years ago this week. Hundreds more were injured. Douglass, leader of the 1,200-member battalion, had just turned 47 a month earlier, six months shy of his retirement from the U.S. Marines — a military branch he embraced with the same passion he had for family.
"It was his job, and he loved it," his wife of 27 years said.
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Today, nine men from Massachusetts, victims of a terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 years ago, will be remembered by family and friends at a 1 p.m. rededication ceremony at the Massachusetts Beirut Memorial in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston's North End.
Along with the Sgt. Maj. Frederick B. Douglass of Cataumet, the ceremony will honor the memories of Capt. Michael S. Haskell, Lance Cpl. Thomas S. Perron, Lance Cpl. Bradley J. Campus, Lance Cpl. Michael J. Devlin, Lance Cpl. Sean R. Gallagher, Cpl. Richard J. Gordon, Sgt. Steven B. LaRiviere and Sgt. Edward J. Gargano.
The memorial, which had fallen into disrepair in part because skateboarders use it to perform tricks, has been fixed, but still needs work, Christine Devlin, chairman of the Massachusetts Beirut Memorial Fund, said. Devlin's son, Michael, was killed in the Oct. 23, 1983, attack.
"I think anybody who makes the ultimate sacrifice for the country should be remembered, no matter which war it's from," Devlin said. "I hope the next generation will keep this up." A fundraising dinner was held Saturday, which was attended by families of those who died. Devlin said $40,000 to $50,000 needs to be raised to fix the monument.
Checks can be made payable to: Massachusetts Beirut Memorial Inc., 211 Downey St., Westwood, MA 02090.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Veteran Who Funded 9-11 Monument Says Vandalism Disgraceful
Veteran Who Funded 9-11 Monument Says Vandalism Disgraceful
KATC News
by Erin Steuber
Posted: Sep 11, 2013
As Americans around the country, and the world, paused to remember September 11th, a startling find in Lafayette. 35-year-old Salvador Perez is facing charges of criminal damage to a historic building, or landmark, and criminal trespassing. If convicted, he faces a fine up to one-thousand dollars, and two years in jail.
This is what he's accused of doing to the monument:
Police were called there early this morning to find two cardboard planes on the beams from the Twin Towers. There was also a cardboard cutout of former President George W. Bush, holding money and what appeared to be a remote. And on a nearby building, a drawing of a sniper, aiming at the monument.
It's a story that's receiving some national attention, not just because of when it happened, but where.
It was one year after the attacks, that the monument was put up in Lafayette. The beams, from the Twin Towers in New York; The dirt, from that field in Pennsylvania and the limestone is from the Pentagon. It is in every way a true representation of a national tragedy and that's why some say what happened is so disrespectful.
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KATC News
by Erin Steuber
Posted: Sep 11, 2013
As Americans around the country, and the world, paused to remember September 11th, a startling find in Lafayette. 35-year-old Salvador Perez is facing charges of criminal damage to a historic building, or landmark, and criminal trespassing. If convicted, he faces a fine up to one-thousand dollars, and two years in jail.
This is what he's accused of doing to the monument:
Police were called there early this morning to find two cardboard planes on the beams from the Twin Towers. There was also a cardboard cutout of former President George W. Bush, holding money and what appeared to be a remote. And on a nearby building, a drawing of a sniper, aiming at the monument.
It's a story that's receiving some national attention, not just because of when it happened, but where.
It was one year after the attacks, that the monument was put up in Lafayette. The beams, from the Twin Towers in New York; The dirt, from that field in Pennsylvania and the limestone is from the Pentagon. It is in every way a true representation of a national tragedy and that's why some say what happened is so disrespectful.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Women veterans memorial in financial trouble needs donations
Women veterans memorial in financial trouble
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 16:50:04 EDT
The foundation that maintains and operates the nation’s only major memorial to female veterans is hurting for cash and has launched a fundraising campaign it hopes will help maintain operations — and ultimately stave off closure.
But despite a two-year shortfall in funding for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, closure is not imminent, according to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, the foundation’s president.
“We all go through tough times,” Vaught said Wednesday. But “there is no question that we’re going to meet our financial requirements. And we will be open. We will continue to be open. We will work our way through this.”
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Women veterans memorial in financial trouble
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 16:50:04 EDT
The foundation that maintains and operates the nation’s only major memorial to female veterans is hurting for cash and has launched a fundraising campaign it hopes will help maintain operations — and ultimately stave off closure.
But despite a two-year shortfall in funding for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, closure is not imminent, according to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, the foundation’s president.
“We all go through tough times,” Vaught said Wednesday. But “there is no question that we’re going to meet our financial requirements. And we will be open. We will continue to be open. We will work our way through this.”
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Women veterans memorial in financial trouble
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